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We report on Swift observations of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) RXJ0148.3--2758. It was observed for 41.6 ks in 2005 May and for 15.8 ks in 2005December. On short as well as on long timescales RX J0148.3--2758 is a highlyvariable source. It doubles its X-ray flux within 18-25 ks. The observation of2005 December 09, which had a flux 4 times lower than during the 2005 Mayobservations, shows a significant hardening of the X-ray hardness ratiocompared with the 2005-May and 2005-December 20/21 observations. A detailedanalysis of the X-ray spectra shows that we actually observe two spectralchanges in RX J0148.3-2758: First a decrease of the soft X-ray componentbetween 2005 May and December 09, which is most likely due to an increase ofthe intrinsic absorber column, and second a decrease of the hard X-ray flux inthe December 20/21 observations. The soft X-ray spectral slope $\alpha_{\rm X,soft}$=2.58$^{+0.15}_{-0.12}$ during the high state in 2005 May agrees wellwith that measured by ROSAT (\axs=2.54\plm0.82). In contrast to the strongX-ray variability, the analysis of the Swift UVOT photometry from December 2005of RX J0148.3--2758 shows no significant variability in any of the 6 UVOTfilters. From the simultaneous X-ray and UV observations in 2005 December wemeasured the X-ray loudness alpha-ox varies between alpha-ox=1.5 and 1.8. OurSwift observations of RX J0148.3-2758 demonstrate the great potential themulti-wavelength observatory Swift has for AGN science. (shortened)Comment: 19 pages; accepted for publication the Astronomical Journa

SwiftObservations of the Highly X-Ray Variable Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy RX J0148.3-2758